![]() ![]() ![]() I think sometimes it's good for kids to hear a story where good and evil are clearly delineated and evil is given the proper punishment. I did like that this witch was a complete villain, not just someone who was misunderstood, and I also appreciated that she received a fitting villain's comeuppance. Myself, I was more amused by how old-fashioned the book felt and by how easily I was able to predict what was going to happen next. I read this book aloud to my three and five year old daughters in the days just before Halloween, and they were completely riveted. When she begins going to school against her mother's wishes, Minx makes some new friends, and together they all try to use Madam Snickasnee's potions to conjure up a fairy who might be able to help them turn her flower pots back into children and maybe even rescue Minx from her unhappy home life. Minx shares none of her mother's terrible qualities, however, and she is determined to do things her own way. ![]() ![]() Minikin ("Minx") is the daughter of the much-feared witch Madam Snickasnee, who turns innocent children into flower pots, stirs up dangerous brews in her cauldron and refuses to allow her only child to attend school. ![]()
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